Bike Season

It's officially bike season in Gunnison, CO. Hartman rocks has opened after months under a blanket of snow and then a brief seasonal mud closure. Conversations around town follow this general pattern. "Hey, you been out to Hartman's yet?" "Oh, yeah, 4 times (or some number approximating the number of days it has been open. That's how people know you are a serious biker...)

It's a great time to live in Gunni. We complain about the rain and wind, but really we know that 1/2 hour up the road in Crested Butte it's full-on winter. We know it's winter because while the CB folk our flocking to our beloved Hartman's on the weekends we drive north and go skiing. And not spring corn, full on powder face shots. Because the riding is phenomenal (just enough rain to make it tacky), but well, we can ride it every day after work now. And if you ski early enough, you can get back in time for an afternoon ride :).

All winter we may be jealous of the Crested Buttians, going in to work late after catching a few laps of powder while we slave away, sneaking in ski days on the weekends, but this is OUR season. They have to come to our end of the valley to get the goods. And the goods are good.